Garment and book support.



, PATENTED MARfBl, 1908. F. W. SELINSKY, sR. GARMENT AND BOOK SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12. 1907.

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FREDERICK W. SELINSKY, SR, OF DEARBORN, MICHIGAN.

GARMENT AND BOOK SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 31, 1908 Application filed September 12, 1907. Serial No.392,521.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. SELIN- SKY, Sr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Dearborn, in the county of Wayne, State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Garment and Book Support, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to supports for garments and other articles,formed from a continuous piece of wire, and adapted to be secured to thehack of a chair or pew, and the object of this invention is to produce asupport of this kind that shall be convenient, that can be cheaply andeasily constructed, and that will take up but little space.

My invention consists of a piece of metal rod or wire, the middleportion being bent to form a loop adapted to receive a hat, one end ofthe rod or wire being formed in the shape of a hook, the other in theshape of a ring and a book-support.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my improvedsupport. Fig. 2 is a view from the left side and Fig. 3 of the rightside of the support.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the severalviews.

The rod or wire may be of any desired metal and the diameter will dependupon the stiffness. The support may be secured to the bench, pew, orseat back or other firm structure by means of small clips 1, placed asshown in the drawing wherever necessary. The wire will be of uniformsize throughout. The support is formed of parallel rods 2 and 3, thelower ends 4 and 5 of which are about 1% inches 1on and are bentoutwardly. Portions 6 and 7 project toward each other from these parts 4and 5, and are connected by the loop or ring portion 8. This loop isparticularly adapted to support a hat, (indicated by dotted lines inFig. 1). The upper end 9 of the rod 3 is bent out a little at the top,and thus forms a slip to support a program or announcement card 10.Below the end 9, the rod is formed into a hook 11, adapted to supportone end of an umbrella or other article. The rod 2 extends upward and isbent to form the ring 12, to sup ort the other end of the umbrella.Above t lis the wire is bent out, up, down, in, out,'up etc. to form abook support 13. The part 14 is finally fastened to the pew or chairback, and has its end bent out as shown in Fig. 2 to form a card clip.The support is compact and adapted to hold various articles. It is bentup from a single length of wire and therefore can be cheaply made. Itcan be firmly secured in position and has no projecting ends liable tohook into the garments of those passing through a pew or rows of chairs.

Having now explained my invention what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is z- A new article of manufacture comprising parallel rodsadapted to be secured to the back of a pew or chair, a semi-circularloop connected to the rods and off-set from'the same to form a hatsupport, a book support and a ring formed at the free end of one of therods, and a hook formed at the free end of the other rod.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK W. SELINSKY, SR.

Witnesses:

Josnrn A. KELLY, KIERAN GUNIAN.

